Pre-Reading Solos

Jane Smisor Bastien's More Pre-Reading Solos supplements either The Very Young Pianist Books 1-3 or Pre-Reading Experiences.

This delightful collection of pre-reading original solos provides a terrific way for beginner-level students to reinforce skills such as white and black key recognition and finger numbers. In addition to reinforcement these wonderful original pieces by top FJH pedagogical composers provide motivation for the youngest student to succeed. Includes a two-page fun writing activity. Best if used with Succeeding at the Piano Preparatory level or any preparatory level method book.

This collection presents 195 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles, for solo Double Bass. Taking an approach based on self-learning, the 11 sections of the book focus on developing different key technical skills as well as introducing the student to a plethora of musical terms.Each section of the book contains solos, as well as Double Bass duets, and pieces with piano accompaniment for practising ensemble sight-reading. Suitable for preliminary, to advanced level students. Part of the comprehensive Sight-Reading series published by Schott and edited by John Kember. / Contrebasse

66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer presents drum solos in all styles of music in an easy-to-read format.These solos are designed to help improve you technique independence improvisational skills and reading ability on the drums and at the same time provide you with some cool licks that you can use right away in your own playing.The DVD features footage of every solo performed by author Tom Hapke.

'Tall Stories for Short Pianists' is an album of a dozen approachable Piano solos along with 5 duets (for pupil and teacher) pitched at the younger Pianist. Each piece connects with a tale or story (some will be more immediately familiar than others) while the level of difficulty starts at ABRSM Prep Test/Trinity College Initial with a couple nudging Grade 3.While in some cases the technical and reading difficulties have been kept to a minimum other pieces include hand-positon changes hand-crossing isolated high/low notes or brief chromatic features in order to widen the interest. The intrepid Pianist is warmly invited to take up a commanding presenceat the Piano (or Keyboard) and perform with authority!Mark Tanner's compositions encompass an impressively wide range of attractive styles. A number of his pieces written or adapted for a variety of instruments feature in current ABRSM TCL and LCM exam syllabuses drawing from a growing oeuvre (60 volumes) of music published by Spartan Press. You will find a few of his pieces within an appealing new ABRSM series due to appear later in 2016: 'Piano Star'. Mark's 'Scapes' series was shortlisted for the 'Best Print Resource' Award at the 2015 Music Teacher Awards and he is co-author of ABRSM's Teaching Notes an informative book to support the latest Piano syllabus. His thought-provoking book 'The Mindful Pianist' was published by Faber Music in 2016.

Original pre-reading piano solo by Mary Leaf. This creative pair of solos in contrasting styles offers the beginning pianist an opportunity to experience a wide range of sounds at the Pre-Reading Level. Students and teachers alike will love the imaginative melodies complemented by clever teacher duets that enhance the imagery of the lyrics.

Fun pre-reading sheet includes two piano solos with optional teacher duets. Perfect for the young beginner these charming pieces feature pre-staff notation and imaginative lyrics.

This edition provides a valuable resource of accessiblemasterworks for busy pianists. It contains 40 piano piecesin their original form appropriate for weddings, funerals,receptions, and other events. To make the selectionsuseful as background music, only short pieces havebeen included and flashy, concert-like pieces have beenavoided. Each piece has been carefully engraved for easyreading, and approximate performance times have beenincluded to assist with planning. / Piano

his collection of original tunes is an ideal extension of Piano Sight-Reading 2 (ED 12791), or a continuation of Piano Sight-Reading 1 (ED 12736), which presents 144 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles. Taking an approach based on self-learning, the 7 sections of the book focus on developing different key technical skills as well as introducing the student to a plethora of musical terms.

Each section of the book contains solos, as well as piano duets for practising ensemble sight-reading. Suitable for preliminary, to advanced level students.

Part of the comprehensive Sight-Reading series published by Schott and edited by John Kember. / Méthodes

A fresh approach-This collection of original tunes presents 122 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles. Taking an approach based on self-learning the five sections of the book focus on developing different key technical skills as well as introducing the student to a plethora of musical terms.Each section of the book contains solos as well as saxophone duets and pieces with piano accompaniment for practising ensemble sight-reading. Suitable for students of grades 3 to 6.

This book of fiddle solos is a companion to Children's Fiddling Method Volume 1. The tunes presented first in their simplest form followed by progressively more difficult arrangements utilize the skills and techniquesintroduced in the method book. While created for children this music will also be enjoyed by adults who wish to gain an understanding of how to fiddle a tune. Teachers will find it a great teaching aid as they can play themore difficult arrangements while the student chooses which ever arrangement suits their current playing ability. Fiddlers can 'grow' into the tunes as they progress to higher skill levels and while this is happening they willabsorb the concepts and techniques of how to fiddle which can be used in all fiddle tunes they play. All readers will delight in the eye-friendly layout carefully created so as help the student with ease of reading and toeliminate the intimidation that frequently occurs when less experienced players read tunes with lots of notes.

Following in the tradition of Bach, Chopin, and other composers, Melody Bober has written the In All Keys series, which includes original piano solos in all major and minor keys. Each book in the series contains 16 pieces and follows the circle of fifths, with pieces in major keys followed by pieces in relative minor keys. Book 1 features one piece in C major, one piece in A minor, and the seven major 'sharp' keys (G, D, A, E, B, F-sharp, and C-sharp major) and their relative minors (E, B, F-sharp, C-sharp, G-sharp, D-sharp, and A-sharp minor). Book 2 includes one piece in C major, one piece in A minor, and the seven major 'flat' keys (F, B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, D-flat, G-flat, and C-flat major) and their relative minors (D, G, C, F, B-flat, E-flat, and A-flat minor). The C major and A minor pieces of Book 1 are different than the C major and A minor pieces of Book 2. The pieces with five, six, and seven sharps in Book 1 have been transposed to their enharmonic flat keys for Book 2. These pieces help develop reading skills, and they reinforce the study of scales, arpeggios, and chords. / Piano

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solos - Early Elementary-This early-intermediate sightreading book presents carefully crafted variations of 3A Lesson Book pieces. The student gains confidence with the familiar and challenge in perceiving the new.Sighteading goes ?beyond the notes? to recognition of musical patterns: the Alberti Bass accompaniment chunking rhythm patterns in 3/8 and 68 time the triplet in various time signatures and expanded intervals through the 7th. Musical art provides theory review.

Mel Bay’s latest series Guitar Journals is the ultimate reference guide of studies and solos in several different genres. This fantastic journal dedicated to reading covers studies on each string studies on each key (each ofthe 12 major and minor keys is presented in four different positions on the fingerboard and a study is presented for each) and four major and minor studies are presented in each position. This is a must-have for the student toprofessional musician’s library and is ideal for everyday use! Hard cover covered spiral binding and premium stock paper make this a volume so beautifully printed and bound and containing so much valuable information that youwill treasure it for years to come! •Ultimate guide for reading and mastery of the fingerboard and perfect reference manual for everyday use •Covers studies on each string studies on each key (each of the 12 major andminor keys is presented in four different positions on the fingerboard and a study is presented for each and four major and minor studies are presented in each position •Ideal for the student to professional musician •Beautiful hard cover with covered spiral binding and premium paper